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ESA Conducts Longer Hot-Fire of Rocket Engine Demonstrator

TLPD Engine Aces Second Round of Tests in Poland

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Tom Patton
Feb 28, 2025
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A second run of hot fire tests has been conducted on the Throttleable Liquid Propulsion Demonstrator (TLPD) engine ... a Łukasiewicz Research Network Institute of Aviation rocket engine demonstrator that will be ideal for use as part of upper stages on small rockets. Potential applications for the TLPD engine include spacecraft, kick-stages or explorati…

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